Barrel-bung.



UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

FREDERICK W. PINGEL, OF WAYSIDE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO THE WAYSIDE NOVELTY COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

BARREL-BUNG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 660,654, dated October 30, 1900.

Application filed April l0 1899. Serial No. 712,362. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK W. PINGEL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Wayside, in the county of Brown and State of lVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrel-Bungs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention has especial reference to that class of bungs which are inserted in the bungholes of barrels after the original bung has been extracted, so that the liquid contents of said barrels are always readily accessible, while at all other times the said bu ng-holes may be closed against the entrance of air, dust, insects, or anything else which it is desirable to exclude; and it consists in certain structural peculiarities and combination of parts, as will be fully set forth hereinafter and subsequently claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through one of my improved devices, taken on the line 1 1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan view, and Fig. 3 a view in side elevation, of one of my said bungs.

The especial object of my present invention is to cheapen the cost of manufacture of bungs of this general class without impairing their efficiency, and to that end the bushing or bung proper, as well as the cover, may be turned out of wood, the only metal parts being the pivot and the fastening devices, which can be more cheaply made of metal.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a hollow tapered bushing formed integrally with an upper annular flange B.

C represents the cover, and this is also one solid piece,whose under surface is horizontal to match the horizontal upper surface of the flange B, to which said cover is pivotally attached by a screw D. Directly opposite this pivotal point the flange B is provided with a headed pin E, projecting slightly, as best shown in Fig. 1.

F represents a plate secured, as by pins or nails 9 g, to the vertical face of the cover C, at a point opposite the pivotal point of said cover, and projecting downward below the plane of the bottom thereof, the lower end of said plate F being formed into a hook or catch h, adapted to snugly engage with the described pin E and pass between the head thereof and the outer wall of the flange B, in frictional contact with both when the cover is closed.

My bung will thus be seen to be simple and cheap in construction and at the same time very efficient in use, and if at anytime there seems a tendency to a lessening of the frictional contact between the upper surface'of the flange B and the under surface of the cover C this can be quickly remedied by a turn or partial turn of the screw-pivot D; but as the lower part of the bung is at all times whenin use exposed to moisture from the contents of the barrel it is found in practice that the parts remain substantially tight, as first adjust-ed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a barrel-bung, the combination of a hollow tapered bushing having an upper annular laterally-projecting integral flange B, the top of said bushing and flange forming an extended horizontal plane surface, a horizontally-movable cover having a horizontal plane under surface lying flat against the top plane surface of the bushing and flange, a vertical pivot connecting said top and cover at one side, a depending rigid hooked plate rigidly secured to said cover on the side diametrically opposite said pivot, and a headed pin projecting horizontally from the side of said flange with which pin the hook of said rigid plate engages between the head and the vertical side wall of said annular flange, whereby the said plate prevents injury to the pivot by a blow or the like on the -cover and the headed pin prevents the bending of said plate, substantially as described.

2. A barrel-bung comprising a hollow tapered bushinghaving an upperannular flange flange, and a depending rigid plate secured the county of Brown and State of 'Wiseonsin, to the outer vertical fa'o e of the cover and pRQ- in the preeence of two wi tnesgeg. jecting below the plane of the bottom there- 4 of, said plate terminating in a hook or catch FREDERICK PINGEL' 5 for engagement with said headed pin. Witnesses:

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I GEORGE FROSCH,

have hereunto set my hand, at wztyeide in AW}. KIEKHAEFEB. 

